Chapter 2

Matilda woke up the next morning with emptiness. She got herself fresh pairs of clothing and put her hair up in a ponytail. She wore black palazzo trousers, with a purple t-shirt. She applied zero make-up. Looking at herself in the hotel bathroom mirror, she looked like a fourty-two year old lady. She straighten up herself and tried wearing a smile, but stopped on seeing her reflection. She looked like a horse saying ' cheese '. Dang! she giggled a little, revealing two cute dimple's on her cheek.

Man! she couldn't remember the last time she smiled. She had always tried her best to look less attractive, so as not to give Richard the wrong impression. He had always scolded her anytime she wore fitting clothes or any cloth that showed her curves. He even scolded her for smiling in their wedding pictures.

Man! She remembered her wedding gown,her so called bestie, made her wear. It was a nun outfit. Literally! It was a nun outfit in white.

Matilda clutched her fists together in anger. Nika was never her friend to begin with. Gosh! She had been so blind.

She recalled her last birth day. That night, she had booked an entire restaurant for she, Richard and Nika to celebrate, because they were the only family she had, apart from her little sister, who was currently studying abroad. She went to the restaurant late that night because of her work. She rushed only to be the only one there. She waited and waited for three good hours, but none of them . She had called each of them cell, but they didn't pick up. Fear had filled her heart that night. She imagined a lot of bad things that could have happened to them. In panic, she was about to call the police, when they both showed up hand in hand. They looked exhausted and she clearly remembered a shade of red lipstick on the collar of the authentic shirt he wore. To top it all,the shade of lipstick was the same shade her bestie wore,that she bought. She didn't think too much of it and rushed up to them. They told her that they went to get her a birthday gift, and that's why they were late. When she heard that, she was filled with joy, until he handed her a red rose. He said that the red rose was the flower he handed her ,when he asked her to be his girlfriend back in college. Matilda tried her best to maintain a smile on her lips. It was lilies he gave her back in college, not red rose, because she was allergic to red rose. Tears filled her eyes, not because of her allergic reaction, but for the fact that he didn't remember she was allergic to red rose. To make matters worse that night, Nika kept urging her to smell the rose, of which she did, so as not to ruin the atmosphere. She now realized the evilness in Nika's eyes that night. It was as if she enjoyed seeing her in pain.

Taking a deep breath, Matilda locked away those hurtful memories and turned on her phone. To her greatest surprised, no one called. Nobody! They didn't call or text. In anger, she stuffed her phone in her bag and scolded her self for getting her hopes up. She needed to wake up from her deep slumber and realize she is surrounded by serpents. She don't know what her next move should be. Whether she should confront them, or divorce him, or continue to play dumb. She couldn't seek advice from her little sister, or anybody. She was all alone in this world, with no one to turn to.

In sadness and depression, Matilda left the hotel and took a cab to work. She got to work earlier than usual and went straight to her office. Matilda was the manager of one of the finest company in the country. She has been working there for five years now and worked her was to the top. She found jobs for Richard and Nika in the same company, so they could spend more time with each other.

On her way to her office, she noticed that Richard and Nika aren't at their assigned desk and another's realization hit her.

Today was the 25th and every 25th of each month, they always gave excuses of them going to a family event. Back then, she really didn't think much of it.

So those two pigs had been playing her for a long time. She angrily hit her fist on the table,and endured the pain. They both did that on purpose to go cheat, and knowing she could cover up for them since she was the manager, they went without informing anybody.

Matilda's eyes was filled with tears as she continued to hit her fist on the table, enduring the pain.

Workers around looked at her cabin and whispered

" What the heck is going on on there?? "

" Is Manager's husband doing the stuff with her??"

" I don't think so. How can hot Mr. Richard do IT, with someone like her?"

A white girl in a pink flower dress over heard what the others were saying and pressed her lips together. Is Manager really doing IT in there with her husband?? she thought. She quickly shook her head and scolded herself for thinking such dirty thing. Walking towards the Manager's cabin, she knocked on the door.

Matilda heard a door knock and quickly cleaned her face. She took a sip of the table water beside her, before answering

" Come in "

Not long after, her assistant, Cecilia, walked in with few paper works in her hand. Cecilia could see something wasn't right with her boss, but she knew it wasn't her place to ask so, she briefed the Manager on the day's schedule before taking her leave.

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